Jose Tobe AH Political Editor
In a firm and unmistakable political statement, critical stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress in Delta State have declared their support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, GCON, as their preferred presidential aspirant for the 2027 general election.
Across the state, stakeholders have made their position known through primaries, rallies, endorsements, and grassroots consultations. On the eve of the primaries, Hon. Kenneth Chibuogwu Gbandi, former Deputy National Chairman for Diaspora Engagement and former Delta North senatorial candidate, stated that the majority of critical stakeholders in Delta ADC had already expressed their preference clearly and democratically.
According to him, several LGA chairmen, party leaders, women leaders, youth mobilizers, ward leaders, and grassroots stakeholders across Delta State have made their intentions known through ballots, public endorsements, and organized rallies.
Their position is simple: Delta ADC is rallying behind Atiku Abubakar.
The endorsement, according to the stakeholders, is not an act of convenience but a statement of political conviction. They argue that Nigeria stands at a defining crossroads and requires a leader with tested experience, national reach, democratic temperament, economic understanding, international exposure, and the capacity to build a broad coalition capable of defeating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the ballot.
They maintained that Atiku Abubakar remains the strongest and most prepared political figure within the present democratic coalition to lead the charge for a new Nigeria. His long record of public service, commitment to restructuring, belief in private-sector-driven economic growth, understanding of Nigeria’s diversity, and sustained engagement with the Nigerian Diaspora place him, in their view, in the strongest position to unify the opposition and mobilize the country.
The stakeholders further argued that the current political moment demands strategy, discipline, sacrifice, courage, and political clarity not imposition, confusion, or backroom declarations. They stressed that any presidential candidacy that does not reflect the mood of critical stakeholders across the states risks weakening the ADC at a time Nigerians are looking for a credible democratic alternative.
For Delta ADC stakeholders, the road to 2027 must be anchored on internal democracy, broad consultation, political realism, and national rescue. They insist that the party cannot afford a presidential project that lacks national spread, electoral depth, and coalition capacity.
They believe Nigeria needs experience. Nigeria needs courage. Nigeria needs coalition-building. Nigeria needs a leader with national balance.
For them, that leader is Atiku Abubakar.
